Tag Archives: Labour

MONTREAL - The first mediation session between Montreal's public transit authority and its striking maintenance workers is scheduled to begin on Monday. About 2,400 maintenance workers have been on st...

OTTAWA - The federal government is asking unionized Canada Post employees to vote directly on the latest offers from the postal service - a rare intervention in labour negotiations that one expert sai...

MONTREAL - The head of a cycling advocacy group says Montreal's public transit strike has spurred record numbers on the city's bike paths. Jean-Franois Rheault, CEO of Vlo Qubec, says devices installe...

MONTREAL - Quebec's labour minister says he has named a mediator in a labour dispute between Montreal's public transit authority and its maintenance workers that has limited bus and metro service acro...

OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to shore up a historically weak summer job market for students - even as one economist argues tough employment prospects for young people suggest broader soft...

MONTREAL - Quebec's labour minister is calling for mediation in a strike involving Montreal's public transit maintenance workers that's crippling the network. Jean Boulet said Tuesday on social media ...

MONTREAL - A government push to steer Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 mail workers toward common ground hit a big pothole Monday. As an increasingly acrimonious impasse drags on, Canada ...

MONTREAL - Montreal's transit maintenance workers have started a nine-day strike that is causing widespread disruption in the city's network and causing headaches for public transit users. The 2,400 w...

MONTREAL - Montreal is bracing for a transit strike that could severely disrupt bus and metro service starting Monday. Service will be reduced or eliminated outside peak hours for several days between...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howev...